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So we should appoint a temporary board? Who would that be? They should sack Duffy and appoint a new manager. They should give this new manager extra funds and then the board should just walk away with no responsibility for the medium or long term future of the club. Who would then deal with the SPFL? Who would deal with sponsors? Who would deal with the SFA? Who would deal with suppliers? Who would deal with issues raised by the new manager? Who deals with player registrations? Unfortunately, we're stuck with the current board until others put their heads above the parapet.

The reappointment of Duffy as director of football was marketing suicide. How many supporters failed to renew knowing that Duffy was returning? What excitement does he bring. Even Brian McLean sounds suicidal pre and post match. I know of no Clyde fans who genuinely believes Duffy is no longer "managing" the team. He's been, up until yesterday, directing players on the field whilst head coach McLean sits in silence. It didn't happen yesterday because fans flagged it up last week but McLean still stayed silence standing on the touch line. Do our young squad not need guidance from pitch side from our coach? McLean, according to our chairman, lacks enough experience to fully undertake match day team matters and needs the guiding hand of our director of football. My question would be, why then did we give the position of head coach to someone currently unable to do the job unaided. Was there no one better or would other candidates refuse to take part in the "head coach/director of football" charade? It's nuts. Not to mention Parry, Cameron, Rennie, Lyons, all fullbacks at the club, the nursery department and Fatty Forbes.

I've just watched our head coach state "we're still trying to find the best system to play with the players we've got." Surely that's the wrong way round. I'd suggest the director of football should be signing the best players to play to the system he's chosen for the team.

Did Brian McLean turn up in the fan zone after the match?

Why would the chairman lie about an investment? As you say, it will appear in the accounts. It would be suicidal for a chairman to make such false claims so easily disproven in time. It's my opinion it's more likely the chairman's investment statement is much more likely to be true than any potential takeover by unknown, shadowy figures who seem to have been sitting on their hands for the years and have never raised their heads above the parapet. Simply put, I don't think they even exist.

As long as we make sure the money is in our bank account before we spend it. Promises mean nothing. Once burnt twice shy. Good news though. A wee question occurred to me regarding our prospects. When was the last time any Duffy team were promoted?

I don't know why you keep saying "we". You're not a Clyde fan. Most Clyde fans can see you for what you are. You're simply a troll. And a fucking boring one at that. To genuine Clyde fans, I'd suggest we ignore this saddo's posts. I'll certainly be doing that after this post. Hopefully, he'll bugger off back to his own team's board and stink that out.

To be honest, I'd rather have Olly McDonald. That is, if he remains unsigned by anyone.

Go on then. Give us some positive Clyde vibes. Personally, I could do with some.

The CIC model doesn't work for a club of our size. There just isn't a big enough pool of talent to maintain high quality in all required fields. Like many other (the majority?) I consider my "ownership" fee a donation to the club. I do not have the knowledge or skills to hold the board to account nor to offer any kind of skill set that may be beneficial to the club. Hence, I suppose I'm part of the problem.

We'd be nuts to offer him a deal just as a decision on Crownpoint is ongoing. Will someone at the club actually look at optics and how are club is viewed nationwide after the re-signing of Goodwillie. If Crownpoint is in the balance we certainly don't want another "scandal" to tip the balance against us. Add to that a player with his limited ability certainly isn't worth it.

Have the length of contacts for Jim Duffy and Brian McLean ever been disclosed by the club?

Is anyone actually excited about this upcoming season? I'm definitely not. Then again, I am a right miserable bugger.

Right enough, trauma therapy is very expensive.

Even as late as last season there were plenty of Clyde supporters still chanting in support of Danny Lennon. In my opinion, we the fans, enabled the board to give Lennon an extension based on the emperor's new clothing.

It's amazing many Clyde players were so bad we'll remember them for many decades to come. Especially as we've had huge swathes of instantly forgotten shite players.

Fwiw, Robert Jones or Phil Johnston were both much worse than Cameron. Not an opinion. Fact

So Clyde not only signed a player who hasn't been fully fit for a couple of years, we also gave him an eighteen month contract to boot?

I'll need to look up the odds on QotS getting relegated next season before others start catching on

These are similar to the vibes I had when we were signing people like Robert Jones a couple of seasons ago. I'm not optimistic. Also, what's the problem with Clyde signing decent fullbacks? Lyons! FFS! Two year contract for Grant who can hardly run. Are we just signing McLean's pals and folk in Duffy's phone book? Doherty and Rennie also already here. The signings don't exactly excite me. In fact, the exact opposite. If the season ticket is any more than £25 I will have serious doubts about repurchasing it. Can you imagine these players playing exciting football? I can't

The issue with "Duffball is that it's never been about winning but not losing. And it's fucking boring to watch.

What's McLean done to deserve his chance as the Clyde head coach anymore than 101 other potential candidates who have never been considered? I could understand your sentiment if it happened after a rigorous selection process. I do hope the appointment is a success. However, I just don't understand why we didn't widen the search. It's our equivalent of Neil Lennon being offered the Celtic manager's job in the shower.

Inspired choice. Duffy at the helm and McLean in the dugout. Absolute box office stuff. I can't wait to buy my season ticket. Take my money....NOW!

Nope but that's not my job. Is it better to limit your search to current employees?

Maybe I'm being naive but I'd suggest more than you probably think. Clyde are, after all, a SPFL club with a much higher profile and prestige than any club from the leagues below. I think most Lowland or WoSL coaches would at least be interested if asked. Add to that there's plenty of jobless experienced managers looking to get back into the game.